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Sun Jan 1, 2017, 01:07 PM Jan 2017

Wisconsin would scrap transgender health benefits for state employees following legal actions



No doubt this will happen


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Jessie Opoien ?@jessieopie 31 Dec 2016

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This sets in motion the contingencies that will block WI's benefits for transgender state workers from taking effect http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/wisconsin-would-scrap-transgender-health-benefits-for-state-employees-folowing/article_6498f302-dd7b-5570-89ff-88057e104c34.html #p2


Wisconsin would scrap transgender health benefits for state employees following legal actions

JESSIE OPOIEN | The Capital Times | jopoien@madison.com | @jessieopie Dec 31, 2016

Gender reassignment surgery and related gender identity services will be covered by insurance for transgender state employees in Wisconsin starting Jan. 1, but that coverage would be taken away if a series of legal developments occur.

The board overseeing state employees’ health benefits voted 7-2 Friday evening to reinstate exclusions in coverage for gender identity services, including counseling and gender reassignment surgery, as long as four contingencies are met.

The Group Insurance Board met late Friday afternoon to discuss how coverage for state employees may be affected by the upcoming ruling in a federal lawsuit filed in Texas by several health care providers and states including Wisconsin. The lawsuit opposes a federal rule that bans health care providers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity.

Deputy Commissioner of Insurance J.P. Wieske told members of the board it is the position of Gov. Scott Walker and his legal counsel that the rule was illegally implemented and violates the U.S. Constitution......................................
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